• During President Jokowi visit to the UK, Indonesia and the UK signed agreements to tighten cooperation in 5 different fields including an agreement between Garuda Indonesia, Airbus and Rolls Royce.
• The President wrapped up his visit to the UK by sealing investment deals worth a total of US$19 billion that include British business giants such as British Petroleum, Jardine Matheson Group and HSBC.
• Sheffield Chamber of Commerce and Industry signed a MoU with KADIN Surabaya (Surabaya Chamber of Commerce)

2015

November

The BritCham Chairman Adrian Short and CEO, Chris Wren have the following programme in the UK from Nov 2.

Indonesian hotel resorts, travel agents and companies will be exhibiting at the World Travel Market. The annual event will be attended by 50,000 senior travel industry professionals, government ministers and international media?

BritCham signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Surabaya Chamber of Commerce (Kadin Surabaya) at Shangri-La Hotel, Surabaya. Coverages from media can be accessed here. Photos can be accessed here.

Indonesian goods will be exhibited at the Autumn Fair at the Birmingham NEC

The Palapa Project 2015 will help advance Indonesia’s creative industries with exhibitions in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Scotland from the 18-19 September

August

Celebrating 70 years since the Proclamation of Independence, Discover Indonesia is the largest cultural show case of Indonesian performing arts within the UK. A combination of the best of Indonesian visual arts, music, theatre, traditional dance, film and cuisine will all be showcased in:

Indonesia’s tropical environment will be brought to the UK with the opening of Islands at Chester Zoo on 13 July. The ‘Islands’ at Chester Zoo is the biggest zoo development ever in Europe, spanning 50,000 square metres

Navy to Navy talks will take place in the UK to further strengthen military relations

The British Council took a delegation of Indonesian education experts to the Going Global Education Conference to understand more about the potential for English language learning

The British Chamber of Commerce Indonesia undertook a tour of the UK to promote business opportunities

20,000 people had a taste of Indonesian food, art, and culture when the Hello Indonesia 2015 festival took over Trafalgar Square and the South Bank

The 12th annual Indofest saw Indonesian students at Nottingham University bring more that 100 Indonesian foods, cultural shows, arts, folk games and sports competitions to the campus

May

HE Jusuf Kalla,Vice President of the Republic of Indonesia, visited the UK and met with the Duke of York. Mr Kalla spoke at a business lunch held at Asia House and met with Michael Lawrence, CEO of Asia House and UK Minister of State for Trade andInvestment, Lord Francis Maude. During his visit, Mr Kalla also attended the Federation of Cocoa and Commerce Dinner and viewed the Indonesian Pavilion at Festival Asia

Indonesian performances, food, and culture were showcased in the Indonesian Pavilion at the Festival Asia on 15-17 May at Tobacco Dock, London